Combined necklace and brooch



July 22, 1930. I w, LAMPL 1,771,129

I COMBINED NECKLAGE AND BROOCH I Filed Jan. 6, 1928 INVENTOR BY z I 6 r r Y A'ITORNEY5 Patented July 22, 1930 WALTER return, or new YORK; 1v. Y.

- COMBINED NECKLACE AND BROOCH Application filed January 6, 1928. Serial No. 244,978.

The present invention relates to, improvements in neck and dress ornaments usually worn by women.

An object of the invention is the provision of a duplex ornament which-when the parts thereof are assembled may. be worn as a necklace and When the said parts are separated one of the same may be worn as a brooch. V a

A further object of the invention is the provision of a separable fastener which is ideally adapted as a means for connecting a string of beads or the like to a brooch whereby the said string and brooch may constitute a necklace, and which is further ada'ptedfor connecting the brooch to a pin fastener or the like and gallowjthe same to beworn as a dress ornament.

The above and other objects are accomplished by instrumentalities pointed out in the following specification.

The invention is clearly defined in the claims. a A

A satisfactory mbodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing's forming part of the specification and in which v I Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a necklace provided withthe device of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a section broken from the lower portion of Fig. 1 and showing in full elevationone form otthe present device;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail cross section on the line 3-5 of Fig 2 looking in the direction of} the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 and taken on the line 4et of Fig. 3 showing one of the beads separated from the socket;

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the bead illustrated in Fig. 5 forming part r' of the brooeh.

In the drawings a indicates a necklace made. p of a s ing of beads 5 an br h T es Par may be i'a y desi ed c n.- struction, type .Or style. The rear face of brooch 6 is provided with the usual metallic plate or frame 7 which in the present instance forms part of the conventional setting for the carved stone 8.

The separable fastener which is employed for connecting brooch 6 to the ends of string 5 comprises a metallic body portion 9 dis posed transversely of frame 7 and having-a double or open ended longitudinal socket 10 adapted for receiving the headsj1111 forming the terminal portions of string 5. The heads are endwise insertable into the opposite ends of socket 10 formed with a slot 21. 1V hen the said heads 11-1l are within socket 10 accidental outward displacement of the heads is prevented by latch and keeper constructions indicated generally and respectively by 12 and 13. .The heads 1111 are of flat metallic strips. In the present instance these strips are resilient and the latches 12 may be conveniently provided by bending each strip upon itself and; adjacent the intermediate portion thereof to provide limbs of unequal lengths. As viewed in Fig. 3, the shorter ofthe said limbs is the lower and indicated by 14 and its free end portion curves outwardly from the adjacent limb 15 The keepers 13 are in the fornrof upstanding flanges at the opposite ends oat-body 9. The entrance opening t0 the slotted socket- 10, between the top plate 16 of; the socket and the keepers are of sizes to nicely receive the free or bent end portions of the terminals 11-11. When inserting the said terminals the limbs 14; are arranged in contact with the keepers 13 so that the latter operate to. deflect the curved free end portions of the limbs 14: as these override the keepers. When he d r e f end P r ions. m re ine r an beyo d he k ep rs, he l mbs .4. mor o hei or a Pos t o snd b h nd e eepers so that the te pre ent o tward cr e t Qt the heads from the o e Be tive y h e su r'sheped. e ten io s 17 e1? f the i b 1 ex nd qu wzir v rom the ee e ds the eqf a d no che 8 e ar ed t e k eper 1. to re e e he ide Po i ns o t e x ensions. 1 +l e the m mo e t ardly W thin he eeke and n he position show in Wh n e ov ng the. redeem esock the outer end portions of extensions 17 are manipulated to flex the limbs 1 inwardly until the free curved end portions are clear of the keepers whereupon an outward pull applied to the heads detaches the same from the socket. The outer ends of the limbs 15 are provided with transverse plates 18 rigidly secured thereto and of sizes to provide closures for the open ends of socket 10. The said plates provide stops and limit inward movement of the heads into the sockets by abutting the ends of body 9 when the limbs 14 move behind the keepers 13.

in the form shown in Fig. 6 the head 19 conforms in length to the length of socket 1G and is endwise insertable into one end of the socket. A pin clasp 20 is carried by the head, and top plate 16 of body 9 is longitudinally recessed as at 21 to receive the pin clasp. The recess 21 as shown opens through one end of said top plate 16. Except for the presence of pin clasp 20, and the length of head 19, the latter is constructed identical to heads 1l11 as shown.

From the foregoing description the use of the device will be readily understood, it being obvious that when the heads 1il1 are detached from the brooch and the head 21 inserted into the socket 10, as shown, the brooch may be readily worn as a dress ornament.

Although I have shown and described an ideal embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that the same is susceptible of various modifications, and I reserve the right to the use of these as may come within the scope of the appended claims.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A brooch forming one element of a separable fastener, said brooch having a socket open-ended at one end and provided with a slot extending longitudinally of the brooch, said slot being open-ended at said open end of the socket, said socket being dimensioned for receiving a pair of heads forming another element of the fastener, and the terminals of a necklace, said open-ended slot being constructed for receiving a single I L nead when the fiISb named heads are removed from the socket. said single head having means for attaching the same to a garment.

2. A brooch forming one element of a separable fastener, said brooch having a socket open-ended at one end, and provided with a slot extending longitudinally of the brooch, said slot being open-ended at said open end of the socket, the opposite end of said socket having an opening, keepers located within said socket respectively adj acent said open end and said opening, said socket being constructed to receive a pair of heads forming another element of the fas tenor, and the terminals of a necklace and insertable into the opposite ends of said socket, said heads having manually operable means cooperating with the keepers to prevent outward movement of the heads, said open-ended slot being constructed to receive a single head similar to the first named heads upon removal of the latter from the socket, said single head having means for attaching the same to a garment.

3. A brooch forming one element of a separable fastener, said brooch having a socket open-ended at one end, and provided with a slot extending longitudinally of the brooch, said slot being open'ended at said open end of the socket, the opposite end of said socket having an opening, keepers located within said socket respectively adjacent said open end and said opening, said socket being constructed to receive a pair of heads forming another element of the fastoner and the terminals of a necklace and endwise insertable into the opposite ends of the socket, said heads having resilient latches for cooperating with the keepers to prevent outward displacement of the heads, said open-ended slot being constructed to receive a single head when the first named heads are removed therefrom, said single head having a resilient latch cooperating with one of said keepers, and further having means for at taching the said head to a garment.

4. A brooch forming one element of a separable fastener, said brooch having a socket open-ended at one end, and provided with a slot extending longitudinally of the brooch, said slot being open-ended at said open end of the socket, the opposite end of said socket having an opening, keepers located within said socket respectively adjacent said open end and said opening, said socket being constructed to receive a pair of heads forming another element of the fastener and the terminals of a necklace and endwise insertable into the opposite ends of the socket, said heads having stops for limiting movement thereof into the sockets, and further having resilient latches for cooperating with the keepers to prevent outward displacement of the heads, said open-ended slot being constructed to receive a single head when the first named heads are removed therefrom, said single head having a resilient latch cooperating with one of said keepers, and further having means for attaching the said head to a garment.

5. A brooch forming one element of a separable fastener, said brooch having a socket open-ended at one end, and provided with a slot extending longitudinally of the brooch. said slot being open-ended at said open end of the socket, the opposite end of said socket having an opening, keepers located within said socket respectively adjacent said open end and said opening, said socket being constructed to receive a pair of-heads forming another element of the fastener and the terminals of a necklace and endwise insertable intothe opposite ends of the socket, said heads having stops for limiting movement thereof into the sockets, and further having resilient latches for cooperating with the keepers to prevent outward displacement of the heads, said open-ended slot being constructed to receive a single head when the first named heads are removed therefrom, said single head having a resilient latch cooperating with one of said keepers, and further having means for attaching the said head to a garment, together with a stop for limiting movement of said single head into said socket.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 28th day of December, A. D. 1927.

WALTER LAMPL. 

